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movability

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mov⋅a⋅ble

  [moo-vuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2. Law. (of property)
a. not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
b. personal, as distinguished from real.
3. changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.
4. (of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.
–noun
5. an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6. Often, movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.
Also, moveable.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME mevable, movable < AF movable. See move, -able

Related forms:
mov⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, mov⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mov⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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mov·a·ble also move·a·ble   (mōō'və-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Possible to move: a movable stove; a movable rock.

  2. Varying in date from year to year: a movable holiday.

  3. Law Of or relating to personal property that can be moved.

n.  

  1. Something, especially a piece of furniture, that can be moved.

  2. Law Personal property. Often used in the plural.

mov'a·bil'i·ty, mov'a·ble·ness n., mov'a·bly adv.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: movable
Variant: or moveable
Function: noun
: an item of movable property; also : a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property movables> —often used in pl. —compare IMMOVABLE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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